Hit #2,300 was made on Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 7:08 PM by someone from VA.

Hit #2,400 was made on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at 11:57 PM by someone from Canada.

Hit #2,500 was made on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at 8:23 PM by my friend, Tom Norris of VA.
Thanks, Tom!

Hit #2,600 was made on Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at 10:55 PM by an unknown Marine.

Hit #2,700 was made on Saturday, August 16, 2003 at 7:23 AM by a former
schoolmate
of mine,
Dave Spriggs of
VA.
Thanks, Dave!

Hit #2,800 was made on Friday, September 26, 2003 at 7:36 AM by an unknown
searcher
from Google.com.

Hit #2,900 was made on Monday, November 3, 2003 at 11:13 AM by an unknown
searcher
from MSN.com.

Hit # 3,000 was made on Monday, December 15, 2003 at 2:05 AM
by a former
schoolmate
of mine,
Fred Eubank of TX.
Thanks, Fred!

Hit #3,500 was made sometime in late June 2004 when I wasn't paying attention
because I was so annoyed by the new addition of Tripod's obnoxious grey
sidebar. ARGHHH!Hit #4,000 was made on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 1:23 PM by an unknown AOL
user.

Hit #4,500 was made on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 4:27 AM by someone in
Cincinnati, OH
who Googled the phrase "me as the Easter bunny".
Hit #5,000 was made on February 20, 2006 at 7:11 AM.

Hit #5,500 was made on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 10:45 PM by an unknown bellsouth.net user
who Googled the Baby Animals Image shown in the right-hand column.

Hit #6,000 - There was a Hit #6,000?!? Well, it no doubt happened sometime
in June of 2007.

Hit #6,500 was made on Monday, December 12, 2007 at 2:03 PM by an unknown user
from Springfield College (MA) who Googled
the Blonde Pig image shown below.

Hit #7,000 was
made on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7:42 AM by an unidentified AOL user.

Hit #7,400 was
made on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM by an unidentified former
schoolmate
of mine from Hampton Roads, VA.

"Delight
thyself also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee
the desires of thine
heart."
~ Psalm 37:4

In
Isaiah 58:13, "Delighting thyself
in the Lord" is defined as
keeping
the Sabbath Day holy.

I must be pretty good at that;
I
always seem to get what I want!

This is NOT the same thing as
getting what you need! That is predicated on obedience
to an entirely
different commandment.
I think I must need a little help in this area...

Another Favorite Scripture

"...I
will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the
Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a
way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth
them."

-
1 Nephi 3: 7

I find this Book of Mormon
scripture
extremely comforting.

My
Newest Favorite Scriptures

- 06/19/03

"For I am God, and
mine arm is not shortened; and I will show miracles,
signs, and wonders, unto all those who believe on my name."

- Doctrine and Covenants 35: 8

AND

"And he that
believeth shall be
blest with signs following,
even as it is written."

"You must understand the whole of life,
not just one little part of it.
That is why you must read,
that is why you must look at the skies,
that is why you must sing and dance,
and write poems, and suffer, and understand,
for all that is life."

“There are far fewer accidents
here than we imagine, especially in things that affect us eternally. The hand
of God and the path we chose before we came here guide many of our decisions
and even many of the seemingly random experiences we have.”

"Absence
of gratitude is the mark of
the narrow, uneducated mind.
It bespeaks a lack
of knowledge and the ignorance
of self-sufficiency.
It expresses itself
in ugly egotism
and frequently
in wanton mischief...
Where there is appreciation,
there is courtesy, there is concern for
the rights and property of others.
Without it there is arrogance and evil."

~ Gordon
B. Hinckley,
October, 1964(23 June 1910 - 27 Jan 2008)

"One of the
evils of our time is taking for granted so many of the things we enjoy."

"Living in thanksgiving daily is a habit that will enrich
our lives and the lives of those we love...Those who live in thanksgiving
daily have a way of opening their eyes and seeing the wonders and beauties of
this world as though seeing them for the first time."

"It isn't as bad as you
sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself
every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work
out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the
future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us....If we will
put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His
blessings, He will hear our prayers."

- Gordon B. Hinckley, 1 Mar 1997(23 June 1910 - 27 Jan 2008)

TV
Guide - January 6, 2001

This
is NOT a Cluckmeat,
but
it did happen
in
my hometown
of Newport News, VA
in
the Fall of 2000.

What Is A Cluckmeat?

I had an old friend I hadn't seen
in 34
years ask me if my email address, cluckmeat@yahoo.com, was indicative of the fact that possibly
I was in the chicken
business. :o)

Actually, it's a pet name my mother
called me when I was a little girl,
roughly translated as
"goofbutton" or "nuthead"
or "dopebrain"
(which
she also used on occasion).
It was a fun, teasing nickname,
never used in a
malicious way,
and you could feel the love
in her voice, as in,
"You are
SUCH a cluckmeat!"

I like it!

~*~*~*~

"There are times
when God asks nothing
of His children except silence,
patience
and tears."

"We will have genuine joy and happiness only as we learn
patience."
~ Joseph B. Wirthlin,
Ensign, May 1987, 30(b. 11 June 1913)

"The way
to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live
simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter
sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this
for a week and you will be surprised."

"The purpose of life is not to win.
The purpose of life is to grow and to share.
When you come to look back on all
that you have done in life,
you will get more satisfaction
from the pleasure you have brought
into other people's lives than you will from the times
that you outdid and defeated them."

"With
any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once
there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing.
If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it
is right now. Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Certainly don't give in
to that being who is bent on the destruction of your happiness. Face your
doubts. Master your fears. 'Cast not away therefore your confidence.'
(Hebrews 10: 35). Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for
you."

* note --- the Smithsonian has said nothing of the sort, and most
likely no one that has ever worked for the Smithsonian has even visited Metalliplasty's'
Online Directory.
I don't think it likely that they would endorse it so
favorably, but I am not above shameless tactics to fool...I mean persuade
people into visiting my crappy site.
Obviously I don't want anyone to know
about this false statement, that's why I made it so hard to read.